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Dermatology Research

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Research in the Department of Dermatology is focused primarily on clinical, biomedical, and health services delivery projects. Our research program dovetails easily with our strong clinical and educational programs.

Faculty Research Interests

A Communication Content Comparison of In-Person and Live-Interactive Teledermatology

Use of Telehealth in Bioterror Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Disease

Skin Cancer Epidemiology

Photodynamic Therapy vs. 5-FU for Treatment of Actinic Keratoses in the Veteran Population

A Three-Way Comparison of Diagnostic and Management Congruence Among Dermatologists: In-Person; Live-Interactive; and Store-and-Forward Health Literacy

Jon Dyer, MD is interested in genetic skin diseases, epigenetics, mosaicism and many other pediatric dermatologic processes. Other areas of interest to him are teledermatology for both adults and chilren, as well as adult and pediatric dermatologic education.

Epigenetic Profiling of Pre-Neoplastic Mosaic Skin Lesions

Epigenetic Changes in Inflammatory Skin Disease

Inflammatory Mosaic Disorders

Nicholas Golda, MD, is interested in patient experience and satisfaction, occupational safety, translational research to develop new technologies in energy-based diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, cutaneous oncology and facial reconstruction following skin cancer therapy.

Dana Ward, MD, has academic interests in cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL), Women's Health and cutaneous diseases of pregnancy (along with Dr. Holly Edmonds). She is currently a co-investigator on several of the studies listed above.

Dermatology ECHO

The AAD’s recent Burden of Skin Disease report showed that one out of four Americans access care for skin disease in one year and one out of two over the age of 65 do so. Two-thirds of these patients receive this care from non-dermatologists. For this reason, we felt moved to help primary care providers in rural and underserved areas of our state improve the quality of basic skin disease care they are able to deliver. Every Friday from noon to 1 p.m., we hold a videoconferencing facilitated case conference where PCPs join via video, we give a very short lecture on a derm topic, and then we spend the bulk of the hour discussing the art and science of managing patient cases the participants have sent in ahead of time. On our end, we have several general dermatologists, two pediatric dermatologists, one of our dermatopathologists, a clinical psychologist, and an advance practice nurse who participate. Our participating PCPs come from all corners of Missouri and they have already detected early melanomas they would have missed had they not learned how to screen effectively for them. Learn more at showmeecho.org.

Enrolling Clinical Trials

Plaque Psoriasis

Ichthyosis Vulgaris

Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex

Acute Bacterial Skin Infections

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Atopic Dermatitis

Vascular Overgrowth Syndrome

For more information on these trials, contact the dermatology research team at 573-882-8030.